Total & land area: Brazil vs DR Congo size comparison [2026]

Brazil is 3.63 times bigger by total area compared to the DR Congo: 3,287,956 sq mi vs 905,355 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Brazil is 3,227,096 sq mi vs 875,313 sq mi for the DR Congo — a 3.69 times difference in territory size.

Brazil ranks 5/197 by total surface area vs 11/197 for the DR Congo.
Brazil occupies 5.61% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.52% for the DR Congo.
28.3% of Brazil's area is agricultural land vs 15.5% in the DR Congo.
Brazil has 4.96% of the world's agricultural land area — the DR Congo has 0.74%.
59% of Brazil is covered by forests, compared to 54.2% in the DR Congo.
12.2% of the world's forests are in Brazil, and 3.04% are in the DR Congo.

True size map comparison: Brazil vs DR Congo

See how Brazil and the DR Congo compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Brazil	DR Congo
Total area	3,287,956 sq mi	905,355 sq mi
Size difference ratio	3.63	1
Total area rank	5/197	11/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.67%	0.46%
Land area	3,227,096 sq mi	875,313 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	3.69	1
Land area rank	5/197	11/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.61%	1.52%
Population	211,998,573	109,276,265
Population density	66.2 ppl/mi²	133.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Brazil	DR Congo
Forest area	1,903,402 sq mi	474,331 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	59%	54.2%
Forest area rank	2/196	7/196
World's forests share	12.2%	3.04%
Agricultural land area	914,131 sq mi	135,505 sq mi
Agricultural land share	28.3%	15.5%
Agricultural land area rank	4/194	37/194
Share of global agricultural land	4.96%	0.74%
Arable land	214,835 sq mi	57,521 sq mi
Arable land share	6.66%	6.57%
Arable land area rank	5/191	22/191
Permanent cropland	29,946 sq mi	7,714 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.93%	0.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	5/192	24/192
Water area	60,860 sq mi	30,042 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.85%	3.32%
Water area rank	6/197	10/197
Roads length	1,242,742 mi	94,680 mi
Land borders length	10,032 mi	6,852 mi
Coastline length	4,655 mi	23 mi
Share of marine protected waters	26.6%	0.5%

Brazil vs DR Congo size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Brazil and the DR Congo but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.